Question / Help Streaming Issues

[mrianmerry]

Hey all.

I've been tinkering with starting a livestream through twitch, and have set my OBS up according to the specifications given by their site.
But I'm getting a really slow stream, sometimes completely frozen, and quite often very far behind where I am at in the game (negating the point of a livestream at all, really).

My resolution is 1280*1024, because I use an old monitor, and my pc specs are below (along with a link to a more detailed list.)

What sort of changes to the default twitch settings should I be making to get my stream more... up to standard? (Or would you recommend recording and then uploading post-play?)

Specs: (full specification - http://speccy.piriform.com/results/yaJzLTyjAMKq3HlbsdmKs5Z)

OS: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
Processor: AMD A6-6400K
RAM: 16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 657MHz (9-9-10-24)
GPU: 2048MB ATI AMD Radeon R9 200 Series (Sapphire/PCPartner)

 

[SenpaiAus]

Are you having issues with dropped frames?

 

[mrianmerry]

At a glance at the OBS window, no. Although the preview there also seems to freeze and update very slowly (as the active window: I've noticed it stops updating when it isn't active, even with the "Always on Top" setting checked.)